Janice Stein Chairs International Jury for the 31St Annual Lionel Gelber Prize

Janice Stein Chairs International Jury for the 31st Annual Lionel Gelber Prize For Immediate Release: January 12, 2021 (Toronto, Canada and Washington, DC) Janice Stein leads an international jury of thought leaders—Cameron Abadi, deputy editor at Foreign Policy magazine; Her Excellency Mrs. Janice Charette, High Commissioner for Canada in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland; Francis J. Gavin, a distinguished professor and author; and Yascha Mounk, an international affairs scholar and founder of Persuasion— for the awarding of this year’s Lionel Gelber Prize. "We are so pleased to announce the jurors for the 2021 Lionel Gelber Prize, which was created in memory of our uncle, a Canadian scholar, diplomat and author," said Sara Charney, Chair of the Lionel Gelber Prize Board. "We are delighted that the Prize continues to attract such distinguished jurors." About the Prize: The Lionel Gelber Prize, a literary award for the world’s best non-fiction book in English on foreign affairs that seeks to deepen public debate on significant international issues, was founded in 1989 by Canadian diplomat Lionel Gelber. A cash prize of $15,000 is awarded to the winner. The award is presented annually by The Lionel Gelber Foundation, in partnership with the Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy at the University of Toronto and Foreign Policy magazine. Key Dates (UPDATED): The Jury will announce its shortlist of five books for the 2021 Lionel Gelber Prize on Tuesday, March 9. For further information, please visit: munkschool.utoronto.ca/gelber/ To arrange an interview, please contact: Lani Krantz Communications and Media Relations Specialist Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy University of Toronto (647) 407-4384 [email protected] About the 2021 Lionel Gelber Prize Jury: Janice Gross Stein, Jury Chair (Toronto, Canada) is the Belzberg Professor of Conflict Management in the Department of Political Science and the Founding Director of the Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy at the University of Toronto. She is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada and an Honorary Foreign Member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. She was the Massey Lecturer in 2001 and a Trudeau Fellow. She was awarded the Molson Prize by the Canada Council for an outstanding contribution by a social scientist to public debate. She has received an Honorary Doctorate of Laws from four universities and is a member of the Order of Canada and the Order of Ontario. She is a frequent contributor to CBC, BBC and TVO. Cameron Abadi (Berlin, Germany) is a deputy editor at Foreign Policy. He previously worked at the New Republic and Foreign Affairs and as a correspondent in Germany and Iran. His writing has appeared in Bloomberg Businessweek, the New Yorker, the New Republic, and Der Spiegel. Her Excellency Mrs. Janice Charette (London, UK) is High Commissioner for Canada in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and Permanent Representative of Canada to the International Maritime Organization. She assumed her responsibilities as High Commissioner on September 7, 2016. Prior to this, Mrs. Charette served as Clerk of the Privy Council and Secretary to the Cabinet from October 2014 to January 2016 where she served as the principal public service advisor to Canada’s Prime Minister in addition to her role as head of the public service. Previously, she was Deputy Clerk of the Privy Council and Associate Secretary to the Cabinet as well as Deputy Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs. In addition, Mrs. Charette has held leadership positions in eight ministries, that covered issues including skills development, labour markets, immigration, citizenship, social security programs, health and justice. Her early career included work in finance, privatization, federal-provincial relations and in the Prime Minister’s office. She was recognized as one of Canada’s Top 100 Most Powerful Women in 2013 and 2014. She is currently on the board of the Rideau Hall Foundation in Canada, and represents Canada on the Board of Governors of the Commonwealth, the Commonwealth War Graves Commission, the Commonwealth War Graves Foundation and the Imperial War Museum. Francis J. Gavin (Washington, DC) is the Giovanni Agnelli Distinguished Professor and the inaugural director of the Henry A. Kissinger Center for Global Affairs at the School of Advanced International Studies at Johns Hopkins University. In 2013, Gavin was appointed the first Frank Stanton Chair in Nuclear Security Policy Studies and Professor of Political Science at MIT. Before joining MIT, he was the Tom Slick Professor of International Affairs and the Director of the Robert S. Strauss Center for International Security and Law at the University of Texas. Gavin is the Chairman of the Board of Editors of the Texas National Security Review. His writings include Gold, Dollars, and Power: The Politics of International Monetary Relations, 1958-1971 and Nuclear Statecraft: History and Strategy in America’s Atomic Age. His latest book, Nuclear Weapons and American Grand Strategy, was published by Brookings Institution Press in 2020. Yascha Mounk (Washington, DC) is an Associated Professor of the Practice of International Affairs at Johns Hopkins University, a contributing editor at The Atlantic, and the founder of Persuasion. His latest book is The People vs Democracy: Why Our Freedom is In Danger and How to Save It. -30- .

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